Earth System Science Partnership

The Earth System Science Partnership is a partnership of four international global change research programmes (DIVERSITAS, IGBP, IHDP and WCRP) for the integrated study of the Earth System, the changes that are occurring to the system and the implications of these changes for global sustainability.

The central activities of the ESSP are projects on issues of global sustainability, designed to address the global change aspects of a four critical issues for human well-being: energy and carbon cycles, food systems, water resources and human health. Capacity building is also a central part of the ESSP activities.